rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu (Neill Kernohan) (01/16/90)
Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're advising people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" with the program. Could someone email me the article? Also, I need drivers - either official or shareware - for the Tandy DWP210 and the Diablo Companion for WordPerfect 5.0. I would appreciate these also. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neill Kernohan ------------ rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu 513 Glendene Cres ---------- Waterloo, ON -------- Don't accept candy from
peter@isgtec.UUCP (Peter Curran) (01/19/90)
In article <19813@watdragon.waterloo.edu> rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu (Neill Kernohan) writes: >Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're >advising people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" >with the program. Could someone email me the article? Without over-quoting from copyrighted material, the complaints mentioned in the article include: - occasional unexplained serious performance degradation - Print View is slow (but higher-resolution) - text is not always displayed correctly (especially in columns) - extensive use of Graphics Boxes causes strange behaviour - excessive Novell Form requests sent when printing on a Novell Network - incorrect characters appear when editing file names - problems have been reported when using EMS My brother, a value-added retailer, got a copy of WP 5.1 in December, and encountered several significant bugs in the VGA driver in the first half-hour of using it. WordPerfect Corp. has a well-earned reputation for unadequate product testing, premature releases, excessive numbers of upgrade releases (often introducing incompatibilities with previous releases), etc. I would say that "wait" is a good strategy, unless the new features are really important to you. -- Peter Curran ...uunet!utai!lsuc!isgtec!peter isgtec!peter@censor A scientist generates new ideas. A good engineer makes things work with as few original ideas as possible. - Freeman Dyson ISG Technologies Inc. 3030 Orlando Dr. Mississauga, Ont. Canada L4V 1S8